Zyra vs Nami
How to Beat Nami as Zyra
based on 4,831 Zyra vs Nami matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zyra vs Nami Matchup Summary
Best Zyra vs Nami Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nami as Zyra
Tips for Playing as Zyra against Nami
Seeds grant vision to your team.
Placing a seed in your spell's path after you have cast it gives you the best chance of having a seed in the proper spot.
Zyra is a great ambusher - look for opportunities to set a trap of seeds in brush, then lure enemies in.
Advice to Win Against Nami
Aqua Prison is a very powerful ability with a long cooldown, take advantage of the situation if Nami misses this ability.
Tidal Wave has a very long range but travels slowly, be aware of when it is coming your way as you can move out of its path.
Try to avoid fighting an opponent affected by Tidecaller's Blessing, it lasts a short duration so waiting it out can help you greatly.
Zyra vs Nami Counter Stats
How to Counter Nami with Zyra in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify some influential Zyra against Nami counter stats that can help us understand the distinctions between this pair of champions. As an example, Zyra’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nami’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Zyra may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Nami..
Zyra often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her enemy does. Typically, she takes a similar amount of damage to Nami. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Zyra and Nami
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Who is Better, Zyra or Nami?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Zyra usually wins when playing against Nami, with a 54.5% win rate. Thus, Zyra makes a great counter for Nami.
While Zyra does have a much higher win rate than Nami, when on opposite teams, Zyra also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more complex champ to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Zyra into Namias her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Zyra also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nami. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Zyra vs Nami matchups, Zyra is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Zyra is a great counter for Nami. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Zyra against Nami.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Zyra to counter Nami during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zyra usually racks up more CS as Nami. Champs who on average don't get much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to have in your Zyra versus Nami build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Cryptbloom, and Zaz'Zak's Realmspike. When Zyra combined at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better when facing Nami than with many other common builds. In fact, Zyra had an average winrate of 54.5% when countering Nami with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of defeating Nami as Zyra, you should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Relentless Hunter, and Taste of Blood runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Zyra vs Nami LoL games, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 54.5% win rate overall.
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